time is flying by....

i can't believe it has been over a month since i last posted. i guess that is what happens when life gets busy. *sigh* today is thanksgiving monday, or cyber monday as the retailers of the world would like to call it. why must they push so hard for those of us with so little to spend more? i know the answer...it was a rhetorical question. it is frustrating, though. having survived retail, i have little patience for it any more.

yes, i did go shopping on black friday. i was not necessarily looking to spend money, but i did. i found a good deal on a wii and all the necessary accessories. that is the #1 item that is being hoped for in my house right now for christmas. (mia's wish, actually) since we found a deal, i had to go ahead and make the purchase. i should note, however, that my purchase was made in the afternoon, long after all the door-buster deals were long-gone. i cannot imagine spending all night, waiting in line to spend money. i have been told it is worth it, but i simply have not found the motivation or need to do so as of yet.

oh, and i made another purchase this weekend. i am now the owner (i can't say i'm a proud owner..it's not like i created this with my own two hands) of an iphone. i did not expect to buy one any time soon. tom kept saying he was going to get one for me. then the unexpected happened...my phone died. i had an lg vu. it was a good phone...pretty fancy with a touch screen and even a built in tv. however, it did not survive an encounter with water, so i had to replace it.

so tom and i visited the att store on saturday. i was planning to purchase a cheap $29.99 phone and moving on. i even thought about cutting some things in my plan... then we saw a special in the store. the iphones were being offered for only $99!!! these phones go for $299-$499 normally, so this was another deal i could not pass up. initially, i was told that i could not upgrade yet, as my contract was not to that point. but i had been tossing around the idea of getting mia a phone, as she is the age sophia was when she got one.

so the decision was made to add a line, get myself an iphone and give mia the phone tom had loaned me. she is going to be thrilled!!!! i will wrap that up for her christmas stocking. i already gave the phone number to grandma. i should ask her to call her while it is still wrapped LOL